The Great Wall

The Great Wall

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November 5th 2010
I thought that now I have some spare time that I would go and revisit some of the places we have visited and describe our trip in a little more detail. The Great Wall was the highlight of the Beijing stay. Awe inspiring even though we only saw a very small section of it - to think about how many kilometres of it that was built and where it was built - it is truly an amazing wonder of the wor ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more